A 40-year-old Captain Cook woman has been charged with hindering prosecution in connection with her alleged assistance of an inmate from Hawaii Community Correctional Center who was being sought for escape. A 40-year-old Captain Cook woman has been charged with
A 40-year-old Captain Cook woman has been charged with hindering prosecution in connection with her alleged assistance of an inmate from Hawaii Community Correctional Center who was being sought for escape.
Police say Elizabeth Maile Medeiros, also known as Maile Medeiros, provided transportation and clothing for Ryan Jeffries-Hamar while he was still at large.
At 1:34 p.m. Thursday, officers arrested Medeiros while she was at Circuit Court in Kealakekua on an unrelated matter. She was taken to the Kona police cellblock while police continued the investigation.
Friday afternoon, Medeiros was charged with first-degree hindering prosecution, a Class C felony. She remains at the cellblock in lieu of $2,000 bail pending her initial court appearance scheduled for Monday.
